Joe - do you know what kind of velocities you are getting with the 49 gr. load? Right now I'm shooting a 48 gr. load behind a Hornday 139. It's been lethal on deer and seems a snappier load than the 140 gr. 2700+ fps I'm shooting in my 6.5. I'm using a CZ 550 mannlicher in 7x57. The 48 gr. load will shoot cloverleafs at 100 yds. I don't have a chrony (I have got to quite buying guns and get one of those things.) Dave